CHICOPEE, Mass. –
Elms College freshman Tessa Dudunake (Northampton,
Mass.) earned three first place finishes and shattered a
pair of school records, while sophomore Zach LeBarron
(Bennington, V.T.) set a new school record and tied
another to help lift the Blazers to a sweep of Regis College in
Saturday morning’s men’s and women’s swimming
dual meet at Partyka Natatorium.
The men’s team earned a 127-87 victory over Regis and are
now 6-4 on the season, while the women’s squad downed the
Pride 152-83 to improve to 7-5 overall.
The men’s 200-meter medley relay team of senior
Jason DiMauro (New Hartford, Conn.), sophomore
Garrett Brune (Lakeville, Mass.), LeBarron, and
sophomore Adam Tonnesen (Norwich, Conn.) set a new
school record with a time of 1:58.92.
LeBarron established a new school mark by clocking a 28.42 in the
50-meter butterfly, and tied his own time of 25.33 in the 50-meter
freestyle which also stands as a school record.
Blazers’ junior Nick Whitman (Florence,
Mass.) turned in a time of 1:08.09 in the 100-metere
butterfly to win the event and set a new school record.
Brune etched a new school record in the 50-meter breaststroke
(33.91) and registered a 1:16.02 in the 100-meter breaststroke, and
finished second behind freshman Mark Gehring (West
Springfield, Mass.) in the 400-meter freestyle
(5:29.59).
Gehring clocked a winning time of 4:45.22 in the 400-meter
freestyle, and added top finishes in the 1500-meter freestyle and
200-meter freestyle events, notching times of 18:16.36 and 2:18.45
respectively.
Tonnesen and DiMauro provided a one-two punch in the 50-meter
backstroke, collecting times of 31.09 and 32.03 respectively.
Tonnesen added top honors in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of
1:00.15.
For the women, Dudunake set new school records in the 50-meter
freestyle (29.67), 100-meter freestyle (1:04.70) and won the
200-meter freestyle with a time of 2:23.60.
Sophomore Katie Roberts (Torrington, Conn.)
notched a pair of victories in the 50-meter breaststroke (40.11)
and clocked a 1:27.32 in the 100-meter breaststroke and registered
a time of 1:21.24 in the 100-meter individual medley.
Sophomore Ashley Arbo (Kensington, Conn.) secured
top finishes in the 50-meter backstroke (34.38), the 100-meter
freestyle (2:40.50) and picked up a time of 1:15.80 in the
100-meter individual medley.
Junior Theresa Pitassi (Naugatuck, Conn.) won the
400-meter freestyle with a time of 5:25.88 and freshman
Emalee Furtek (Ludlow, Mass.) garnered top honors
in the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 34.30.
For the Regis men’s squad, Ben Perry (Chicopee,
Mass.) set a new Elms College pool record in the 200-meter
backstroke, recording a time of 2:25.33 to shatter the previous
mark of 2:27.23 set in 2003.
Perry also won the 100-meter individual medley, while
Megan Pratt (Rockland, Mass.) won the
women’s 100-meter individual medley for the Pride.
The Elms men’s team returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 13
at the Vassar Invitational (1:00 p.m.), while the women’s
squad returns to Partyka Natatorium for a tri-meet against St.
Joseph (Conn.) and Husson University at 11:00 a.m.
BLAZERS GLIDE PAST REGIS COLLEGE
Posted: Jan 30, 2010